No sooner had the bullet-riddled body of Giovanni Lauriano been retrieved from mile 17 than another man, his street rival in fact, Nikki Pinkard, 24, was viciously shot dead, ...

While the streets were mirroring scenes from the Wild Wild West, another victim of the senseless gun violence a month ago succumbed to his wound last Friday.  Colin Lord, 29, who was shot in the head on June 19, managed ...

The Belize Police Department seems to be plagued by one problem after another. The issues of police brutality and corruption have become common allegations against elements of the department.  There are countless complaints being reviewed by the department's Internal Affairs ...

The Belizeans for Justice Movement, which had last week postponed a planned press conference in the wake of a death threat to one of its members, this week held that conference at the Radisson Fort George Hotel under ...

Well-known street man Giovani Lauriano, 32, became one of the latest victims on the list of murder statistics for 2010 when he was shot at close range on the Western Highway while he was travelling to his house in Hattieville after socializing. His attacker ...

The past week has been a bloody one, leaving a number of families once again grieving over their loved one senselessly killing in the ongoing urban warfare. Last Thursday it extended all the way to Ladyville where the family of Anthony Matura, 18, ...

The family of twenty eight year old customs officer, Mathias Duran, is outraged at Orange Walk Police over his death while in police custody.  Duran died while being transported to the Orange Walk Police Station in the wee hours of ...

While the bloodshed has proven too much for police to handle, armed holdups across the City is another record-breaker that continues to rise unabated.  But the criminal element seems to be taking sharp focus on the merchants in the downtown area.  In ...

BELIZE CITY, Tues. Dec. 22, 2009 Stuart Hall, 28, a British freelance writer, and his 21 year old Guatemalan common-law wife Sheyna Velez, 8 months pregnant, both pled guilty ...

BELIZE CITY, Tues. Dec. 22, 2009 Dean Perez Sr., 43, a building contractor residing in Rancho Dolores Village, was charged with burglary and aggravated assault of an indecent nature when he appeared today in the #5 Magistrate’s Court. Perez pled not guilty to the charges. Magistrate Albert Hoare offered him bail ...